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A range of views exist on the question of the effects of the
Judeoâ Christian tradition on environmental ethics. Some believe
that the Judeo-Christian tradition has played the significant
role in bringing about the present environmental
situation. Others maintain that the current environmental
crisis is much more complicated, resulting from many divergent
factors. Still others would say that the Judeo-Christian tradition, as expressed in the Bible, calls man into a sacred
relationship with nature which can be defined as the environmental
ethic of stewardship.

This thesis studies the relationship between Christian religious
commitment and attitudes toward the environment.

A questionnaire completed by 242 individuals who attend church in the Roanoke Valley provides the case study data. The survey instrument measures Christian religious commitment and attitudes toward the environment. The results of this
study will provide further understanding of indicators
for environmenta1 ethics.